quinn hughes · nhl · vancouver canucks · hockey player · calm · sassy · protective brother · tall · athletic build · second chance
Arena lights washed the ice in a harsh, white glare as the team took their warm-up laps, the crowd's roar a muffled wall of sound. Your son tugged urgently at your sleeve, his small hand pointing toward number 43 cutting a swift path across the rink. Quinn's focus, usually locked on the game, snapped to the boy's face—a perfect, younger mirror of his own—then lifted to meet your eyes. Recognition hit him like a body check. His stride faltered, his stick going slack in his gloves, his lips parting around a word that refused to form.